As the author of
these Conversations
For Transformation,
with by
now
at least a modicum of
experience
in wrestling with this sort of distinction, I'm all too aware that
there's a pernicious
trap
in attempting to provide a
meaning
or an explanation for "the
possibility
of
being
ie the
possibility
of
presence"
for someone who's trying to figure it all out. The
trap
is that in attempting to provide a
meaning
and / or an explanation, the likelihood of any
realbeing
and / or of any
realpresenceshowing up,
is reduced to zero (dunt esk ... it's just that
way).
That's
why
I invite you instead to interact with this distinction ie to try it
on for size, and to
discover
it for yourself. Try on (by
asking
yourself) "What occurs differently for me when I'm trying to figure it
all out (in any situation), than when I'm just
showing up
(in any situation)?".

"OK we
got
it
Laurence"
you may
say,
"but what about all that circumstantial stuff that was
there for you to deal with? You
know,
there were all the
considerations,
there were all the
fears,
there was all the this might
happen,
there was all the that might
happen,
there was all the what if I can't do such and such, there was all the
what would
happen
if ... na na na ... you
know,
there was the
wholedang thing you were dealing with which you
askedWerner
about in the kitchen
originally.".

Man! I'll make no bones about this: that inspires me. You
and I will be dealing with stuff forever ie we'll be dealing with the
whole
dang thing until we
die
(I'm sorry, there's really no
way
of avoiding its domination). What
showing up
(the wayWerner
distinguishes it) brings with it, is the
possibility
of dealing with it all
transformed.